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The region, as part of Lorraine, was part of the Holy Roman Empire, and then was gradually annexed by France in the 17th century, and formalized as one of the provinces of France. The Calvinist manufacturing republic of Mulhouse, known as Stadtrepublik Mülhausen, became a part of Alsace after a vote by its citizens on ... | Did countries fight over it? | null | 1,138 | null | yes |
(CNN) -- Famed attorney Robert Shapiro -- best known to the public as part of O.J. Simpson's legal "dream team" -- is now defending actress Lindsay Lohan, according to Lohan's father.
Lohan's former lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, resigned last week shortly after releasing a statement about her client's "harsh and unfa... | What else? | 1,475 | 1,518 | that Dina (attends) counseling with Lindsay | that Dina (attends) counseling with Lindsay |
CHAPTER XIV.
OVER THE MOUNTAIN TOP.
Darry was much alarmed, and with good reason. Never before had he faced such a snake, and the reptile looked ready to spring upon him at any instant.
What to do the boy did not know, yet instinctively he leaped back to the top of the rock. Then the fish gave a jerk which almost... | Did it hit it? | 1,142 | 1,174 | hitting the reptile in the tail | Yes |
Sally was looking through her closet for some clothes to wear to the school dance tomorrow night. She had a lot of clothes to look through, but she needed something perfect for the dance, since she would be seen by a lot of other people, and she wanted to stand out from the rest of the girls. There would be a lot of bo... | what did she put on after she made her decision? | 1,004 | 1,057 | After making her choice, she changed into her pajamas | her pajamas |
MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks (a division of Viacom) and headquartered in New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the channel originally aired music videos as guided by television personalities known as "video j... | Have they been known to promote politics at all? | 778 | 846 | It has also become involved in promoting left-wing political issues | yes |
CHAPTER NINETEEN.
A NIGHT JOURNEY.
"And he must post, without delay, Along the bridge and through the dale. And by the church and o'er the down." _Wordsworth_.
John Hewlett had finished his day's work, and come home in the dusk of an October evening. He found the house hung all over with the family linen, taken i... | What was his aunts name? | 1,137 | 1,256 | "Well, aunt, is that all you have got for tea?"
"Poor mother has been hindered; but never mind that," returned Judith | Judith |
CHAPTER XXXIV
GUERRILLA WARFARE
"There are few pleasures," said Psmith, as he resumed his favourite position against the mantelpiece and surveyed the commandeered study with the pride of a householder, "keener to the reflective mind than sitting under one's own roof-tree. This place would have been wasted on Spille... | What did he think of the first guy? | 398 | 458 | You're a jolly useful chap to have by you in a crisis, Smith | That he's useful |
The exact number of exonerated American prisoners is unknown. But data gathered by university law schools indicates it's more than 2,000. Fascinating details surrounding some of these exonerations set them apart from the rest. Here are five recent exonerations that made headlines.
1. Michael Morton
The subject of a... | In which state? | 454 | 459 | Texas | Texas |
CHAPTER III. SWEDENBORG AND THE SIBYL.
MY narrative may move on again from the point at which it paused in the first chapter.
Mary and I (as you may remember) had left the bailiff alone at the decoy, and had set forth on our way together to Dermody's cottage.
As we approached the garden gate, I saw a servant from... | Did she acknowledge them? | 1,312 | 1,359 | She solemnly lifted her hand on our appearance, | yes |
Geodesy (/dʒiːˈɒdɨsi/), also named geodetics, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth. The history of geodesy began in antiquity and blossomed during the Age of Enlightenment.
Early ideas about the figure of the Earth held the Earth to be flat (see flat Earth), and... | What did he measure the circumference as? | 1,195 | 1,301 | Plato determined the circumference of the Earth (which is slightly over 40,000 km) to be 400,000 stadia ( | 400,000 stadia |
CHAPTER XIV.
'Well,' said Elizabeth, drawing a long breath, as she went out to walk with Anne and Helen, 'there is the even-handed justice of this world. Of the four delinquents of last Friday, there goes one with flying colours, in all the glory of a successful deceit; you, Anne, who, to say the best of you, acted l... | Was she the leader? | 374 | 418 | ; I, who led you all into the scrape with my | Yes |
CHAPTER XXXII
THE DAWN
M. le Comte de Stainville only shrugged his shoulders when M. de Belle-Isle and young de Lugeac brought him milor's reply.
"Bah!" he said with a sneer, "he'll have to fight me later on or I'll hound him out of France! Never fear, gentlemen, we'll have our meed of fun very soon."
On the wh... | had anything happened when they last met? | 783 | 815 | milor snatched the golden prize | milor snatched the golden prize |
(CNN) -- Asian football chief Mohammed Bin Hammam will be Sepp Blatter's only opponent in the forthcoming FIFA presidential elections, the sport's governing body confirmed on Monday.
The 75-year-old Blatter, who has held office since 1998, will go head-to-head with the Qatari on June 1 in Zurich, Switzerland.
Elias... | Was he considering running? | 316 | 416 | lias Figueroa, a former international defender for Chile, had intended to put himself forward for th | yes |
CHAPTER XXXVI.
BATTLE OF BLACK RIVER BRIDGE--CROSSING THE BIG BLACK--INVESTMENT OF VICKSBURG--ASSAULTING THE WORKS.
We were now assured of our position between Johnston and Pemberton, without a possibility of a junction of their forces. Pemberton might have made a night march to the Big Black, crossed the bridge th... | Where would they need to cross a bridge? | 299 | 317 | crossed the bridge | Yes. |
(CNN) -- Inside the Charles Manson room at the Museum of Death in Hollywood, Anne Forde looks at crime scene photos from the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.
"I was a kid when he was involved in these crimes," says Forde, who grew up in County Cork, Ireland. "It's just been a fascination for me ever since."
"His eyes ju... | where were Leno and Rosemary killed? | 1,148 | 1,244 | null | inside their home |
(CNN) -- World number two Phil Mickelson has indefinitely suspended his PGA Tour schedule after his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Phil and Amy Mickelson have been married for 13 years and have three children.
Three-time major winner Mickelson was due to play at the Byron Nelson Championship starting on Thu... | Who is No. 2? | null | 40 | World number two Phil Mickelson | Phil Mickelson |
The 2008 Sichuan earthquake or the Great Sichuan earthquake, measured at 8.0 Ms and 7.9 Mw, and occurred at 02:28:01 PM China Standard Time at epicenter (06:28:01 UTC) on May 12 in Sichuan province, killed 69,197 people and left 18,222 missing.
It is also known as the Wenchuan earthquake (Chinese: 汶川大地震; pinyin: Wènc... | which earthquake is the 21st deadliest of all time? | 914 | 1,547 | null | The Sichuan earthquake |
One day Poppy the puppy went outside to play. He ran around the yard as fast as he could. After running, Poppy began to play with his ball. When Poppy was tired of that, Poppy play catch with Mary. Poppy was very happy when Mary wanted to play with him. Poppy would jump on Mary and start to lick her face. Mary was happ... | how did it make him feel? | 207 | 218 | very happy | happy |
CHAPTER XXVII
THE COLLISION IN THE FOG
"Hullo! Mumps isn't keeping this flag of truce very good," remarked Sam, as the seashell dropped at his feet.
"There is something inside of the shell," said Tom. "A bit of paper. Perhaps it's a message?"
"I'll soon see," returned his younger brother, and ran to where he co... | What did the message inside the seashell say? | 132 | 148 | " i will help you all i can and hope you won ' t prosecute me | " i will help you all i can and hope you won ' t prosecute me |
(CNN) -- A Canadian hang-gliding instructor who police say swallowed a memory card possibly containing video of a fatal accident was granted bail Friday, a court spokesman said.
William Jonathan Orders, 50, who was arrested and charged with obstructing justice, appeared in provincial court in Chilliwack, British Colu... | What was the name of the hang-gliding instructor who police say swallowed a memory card? | null | 57 | william jonathan orders | william jonathan orders |
Babylon ( ; Aramaic: בבל, "Babel"; , "Bābil"; , "Bavel") was a key kingdom in ancient Mesopotamia. The city was built on the Euphrates river and divided in equal parts along its left and right banks, with steep embankments to contain the river's seasonal floods. Babylon was originally a small Akkadian city dating from ... | and? | 1,042 | 1,138 | Neo-Babylonian Empire, the city came under the rule of the Achaemenid, Seleucid, Parthian, Roman | Romans |
J-pop (often stylized as J-POP; "jeipoppu"; an abbreviation for Japanese pop), natively also known simply as pops, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional Japanese music, but significantly in 1960s pop and rock music, such as The Beatles an... | What two Western bands were influential in the development of J-pop? | 87 | 92 | the beatles and the beach boys | the beatles and the beach boys |
CHAPTER III
[ Scene-The Studio.]
"Oh, John, friend of my boyhood, I am the unhappiest of men."
"You're a simpleton!"
"I have nothing left to love but my poor statue of America--and see, even she has no sympathy for me in her cold marble countenance--so beautiful and so heartless!"
"You're a dummy!"
"Oh, Joh... | What does he need? | 361 | 371 | null | six months time |
The day after Michael Brown was killed by a police officer, Syreeta Myers drove from her South City home to the northwest suburb of Ferguson. She marched on the street demanding justice for Brown's death. She wanted to stand by his parents.
Two months later, Brown's father was calling her. This time, it was Myers who... | Why did Myers' mother march? | 142 | 241 | She marched on the street demanding justice for Brown's death. She wanted to stand by his parents. | She was demanding justice for Brown's death |
CHAPTER I
"NEREI REPANDIROSTRUM INCURVICERVICUM PECUS."
A Dingy, swashy, splashy afternoon in October; a school-yard filled with a mob of riotous boys. A lot of us standing outside.
Suddenly came a dull, crashing sound from the schoolroom. At the ominous interruption I shuddered involuntarily, and called to Smith... | Where are the boys? | 106 | 154 | a school-yard filled with a mob of riotous boys | in a school-yard |
(CNN) -- In the end, it was Scotty who got beamed up.
The ashes of late actor James Doohan, who played chief engineer Montgomery Scott in the original "Star Trek" television series and a series of subsequent films, were on the SpaceX rocket that launched a private spacecraft into orbit this week.
Doohan's character... | What was his occupation? | 1,094 | 1,178 | In addition, a portion of the cremated remains of Mercury 7 astronaut Gordon Cooper | astronaut |
Tarwala was a strange boy. He liked to eat anything that was put in front of him, even if it wasn't food. As a child he ate chalk sticks thinking it was candy. All the strange things he ate made him very sick. After eating the chalk, his stomach made a weird noise as if it was trying to talk to him. Tarwala accidentall... | What happened to Tarwala after the magical stink changed him? | 212 | 213 | passed out | passed out |
CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT.
A PECULIAR CONFIDANT--MORE DIFFICULTIES, AND VARIOUS PLANS TO OVERCOME THEM.
When Alice Mason was a little child, there was a certain tree near her father's house to which, in her hours of sorrow, she was wont to run and tell it all the grief of her overflowing heart. She firmly believed that ... | What was the tree near Alice Mason's father's house that she was wont to run to as a child? | null | 93 | null | a certain tree near her father ' s house to which , in her hours of sorrow , she was wont to run and tell it all the grief of her overflowing heart |
CHAPTER XIV. THE PARTNER
The expected telegram arrived two days later, requesting Miss Mohun to find a lodging at Rockstone sufficient to contain Sir Jasper and Lady Merrifield, and a certain amount of sons and daughters, while they considered what was to be done about Silverfold.
'So you and I will go out house-... | Will this be easy to find? | 486 | null | 'No, it is an unlucky time, in the thick of the season.' | not at all |
(CNN) -- Audiences will be getting a new look at Abraham Lincoln this weekend with the wide release of director Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," and they'll be seeing a lot of America, too.
The film, which recreates the former president's life through the crucible of the Civil War, was filmed at several historic locatio... | What war was occurring at the time of the film's setting? | 189 | 282 | The film, which recreates the former president's life through the crucible of the Civil War, | Civil War |
New Guinea (; ; ; or, historically, "") is a large island in Oceania. It is the world's second-largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of , and the largest wholly or partly within the Southern Hemisphere and Oceania (if excluding Australia as an island).
The island is divided between two countries: Papu... | In 1993 who speculated on a different translation? | 1,067 | null | Sollewijn Gelpke | Sollewijn Gelpke |
Cladistics (from Greek , "klados", i.e., "branch") is an approach to biological classification in which organisms are categorized based on shared derived characteristics that can be traced to a group's most recent common ancestor and are not present in more distant ancestors. Therefore, members of a group are assumed t... | What is it? | 54 | 275 | an approach to biological classification in which organisms are categorized based on shared derived characteristics that can be traced to a group's most recent common ancestor and are not present in more distant ancestors | an approach to biological classification in which organisms are categorized based on shared derived characteristics that can be traced to a group's most recent common ancestor and are not present in more distant ancestors |
In a big forest lived a fox named Manny. He was having a fun morning. Dad had given him a cookie as a snack and it was yummy! Now he was wandering through the woods, looking for an adventure. After a little bit he came across a frog sitting on a log. They looked at each other, but did not say anything. Manny spoke firs... | What did his dad give him as a snack? | 70 | 107 | Dad had given him a cookie as a snack | A cookie |
CHAPTER XXXV.
THE HULL OF THE URSULA.
Ten days had passed, and Mark and Annaple were thinking that they ought to return to ordinary life, and leave the bereaved ones to endeavour to construct their life afresh under the dreadful wearing uncertainty of their darling's fate. Still they were detained by urgent entreat... | How long has gone by? | 42 | null | null | Ten days |
(CNN) -- The rapper Common wants to take hip-hop in a new direction, he says, and he has an unsuspecting ally -- President-elect Barack Obama.
Common says he was looking for a new sound on his eighth album, "Universal Mind Control."
Obama "is going to change hip-hop for the better," predicted the rapper, whose eigh... | What is he | 1,494 | null | designer | designer |
There once was a little monkey who lived in a zoo. He was a tiny brown monkey, smaller than all of the others. He was quieter than the others too. He was so quiet, in fact, that his mommy monkey made him wear a small blue bell around his neck so that she could find him. Even when the little monkey was very quiet, whene... | Did they take him home? | 1,095 | null | null | Yes |
New York (CNN) -- A self-described "ex-madam" who claims she supplied fellow city comptroller candidate Eliot Spitzer with escorts several years ago is facing charges of illegally distributing prescription drugs, authorities said.
Kristin Davis, 38, was arrested on Monday night and charged with selling Adderall, Xana... | What is the max sentence for each count? | 1,088 | null | null | 20 years |
(CNN) -- Treasure hunter Christian Hanisch told CNN Thursday that the hunt for Nazi Gold and possibly the legendary Amber Room will end Friday after the two men leading the expedition had a disagreement.
Treasure hunters began drilling again Tuesday to try to locate the lost Nazi gold.
Heinz-Peter Haustein, the oth... | are they digging in the right place according to Hanisch | null | null | unknown | unknown |
CHAPTER XII
Königstein
Phineas Finn and Lady Laura Kennedy sat together discussing the affairs of the past till the servant told them that "My Lord" was in the next room, and ready to receive Mr. Finn. "You will find him much altered," said Lady Laura, "even more than I am."
"I do not find you altered at all."
... | Had her father gotten significantly older? | 757 | 808 | Lord Brentford had passed from manhood to senility. | Yes |
CHAPTER LXXX.
SHOWING HOW AFFAIRS SETTLED THEMSELVES AT NONINGSBY.
We must now go back to Noningsby for one concluding chapter, and then our work will be completed. "You are not to go away from Noningsby when the trial is over, you know. Mamma said that I had better tell you so." It was thus that Madeline had spoke... | How did Madeline demonstrate her familiarity with Felix Graham? | 120 | 132 | null | she twisted one of her little fingers into one of his buttonholes |
He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of Northeast Asia. After founding the Mongol Empire and being proclaimed "Genghis Khan", he started the Mongol invasions that resulted in the conquest of most of Eurasia. These included raids or invasions of the Qara Khitai, Caucasus, Khwarezmid Empire, Western Xia... | Were they nice to the civilians? | 392 | 430 | massacres of the civilian populations | no |
Washington (CNN) -- The Obama administration appealed Friday to the U.S. Supreme Court to delay next week's scheduled execution in Texas of a Mexican national convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering a 16-year-old girl.
The execution of Humberto Leal Garcia, who was sentenced to death for the 1994 crimes, "would... | for what convict? | null | 264 | Humberto Leal Garcia | Humberto Leal Garcia |
(CNN) -- Doc Watson, the bluegrass music legend from Appalachia who was renowned for his flatpicking and fingerstyle technique on the acoustic guitar, died Tuesday at a hospital in North Carolina, according to Mary Katherine Aldin of Folklore Productions, which represented the singer. He was 89.
Watson, a Grammy winn... | Any other accolades? | null | 1,102 | in 2004, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2010. | Yes |
MADRID, Spain -- Atletico Madrid recovered from their painful recent defeat by Barcelona to crush European rivals Real Zaragoza 4-0 in the Primera Liga on Sunday.
Luis Garcia celebrates his first Atletico Madrid goal in their superb 4-0 victory over Real Zaragoza.
Luis Garcia's first goal for the club, a double fro... | With what score? | 165 | 267 | Luis Garcia celebrates his first Atletico Madrid goal in their superb 4-0 victory over Real Zaragoza. | 4-0 |
Kongbai, Guizhou (CNN) -- Savoring a meal of vegetables and rice grown in nearby paddy fields washed down with some home-brewed rice wine served, it's clear Long Taiyang is delighted to be back.
Once one of the 250 million Chinese farmers that left behind their families to forge a living in the coastal factory towns,... | where? | 863 | null | China | China |
Philosophy of space and time is the branch of philosophy concerned with the issues surrounding the ontology, epistemology, and character of space and time. While such ideas have been central to philosophy from its inception, the philosophy of space and time was both an inspiration for and a central aspect of early anal... | What did ancient Greek philosophers write essays on? | 279 | 282 | the nature of time | the nature of time |
CHAPTER VIII. THE TWISTED BAR
Nature asserted herself, and, despite his condition, Crispin slept. Kenneth sat huddled on his chair, and in awe and amazement he listened to his companion's regular breathing. He had not Galliard's nerves nor Galliard's indifference to death, so that neither could he follow his example,... | How was his head? | 1,089 | null | as he sat huddled there with sunken head | sunken |
John was excited for the treasure hunt. He called up his friends to help him find all of the items on the list. First he called Phil. Phil said he would come right over to help him find items. Next he called James. James said he could help, but had to finish breakfast first. Finally he called Pat and Paul. They were tw... | Are they siblings? | 308 | 323 | They were twins | yes, twins |
New York (CNN) -- Two men suspected of planning an attack on a Manhattan synagogue with guns and a grenade were arrested Wednesday, marking the end of a seven-month undercover operation by New York police officers.
The suspects, Ahmed Ferhani and Mohamed Mamdouh, were detained in midtown Manhattan after buying two lo... | What county did Ferhani come from? | null | 863 | Ferhani, a 26-year-old unemployed resident of Queens, is a native of Algeria | Algeria |
CHAPTER XXVIII
THE LOST LANDSLIDE MINE
"They cut the ropes! See, here is where it was done, on this jagged rock!"
As Dave spoke he pointed to a sharp edge of stone. Beneath it were bits of rope, showing how the fetters had been sawed in twain.
"One of 'em must have got loose and then freed the other," remarked ... | Why? | 446 | 467 | null | I guess I fell asleep. He fell asleep. |
(CNN) -- Before the Arab Spring came the Damascus Spring. When Bashar al-Assad succeeded his father Hafez Assad in 2000, there was the promise of a modern and more democratic Syria.
In his inauguration speech, al-Assad indicated he would be a very different kind of leader to his father. "I shall try my very best to l... | What did a group call his time as president? | 799 | 870 | Human Rights Watch has called his time as president "the wasted decade" | The wasted decade |
CHAPTER XXIII.
LAID UP.
Harriet Holden was sitting in Elizabeth's boudoir. "And he had the effrontery," the latter was saying, "to tell me what I must do and must not do! The idea! A miserable little milk-wagon driver dictating to me!"
Miss Holden smiled.
"I should not call him very little," she remarked.
"I ... | Who was sitting? | 28 | 42 | Harriet Holden | Harriet Holden |
CHAPTER XX.
"White as a white sail on a dusky sea. When half the horizon's clouded and half free, Fluttering between the dim wave and the sky Is hope's last gleam in man's extremity."
_The Island._
The dawning of day, on the morning which succeeded, was a moment of great interest on board the different English sh... | Where did they stand against? | 758 | null | and together they stood leaning against the topmast rigging | the topmast rigging |
Appointments to the Order of the British Empire were at first made on the nomination of the self-governing Dominions of the Empire, the Viceroy of India, and the colonial governors, as well as on nominations from within the United Kingdom. As the Empire evolved into the Commonwealth, nominations continued to come from ... | Who was in charge of some states? | 345 | 390 | in which the monarch remained head of state. | the monarch |
Nick Wilkins was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 4 years old, and when the cancer kept bouncing back, impervious to all the different treatments the doctors tried, his father sat him down for a talk.
John Wilkins explained to Nick, who was by then 14, that doctors had tried chemotherapy, radiation, even a bone ma... | Did John say his boy wanted to die? | 688 | 708 | "He was very stoic." | no |
CHAPTER VI.
GOING UP.
Rollo slept in the same room with Mr. George. He got up as soon as it was light, dressed himself in a hurried manner, and went out. In about ten minutes he returned.
"Well, Rollo," said Mr. George, "what is the report?"
"The smoke is not going either way," said Rollo. "It mounts right stra... | What was in Mr. George's knapsack? | null | 326 | nothing | nothing |
The Hindu is an Indian daily newspaper. Headquartered at Chennai, "The Hindu" was published weekly when it was launched in 1878, and started publishing daily in 1889. It is one of the two Indian newspapers of record and the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, after "The Times of India" with aver... | Is the paper print only or does it have other formats? | 891 | 957 | , in 1995, the first Indian newspaper to offer an online edition. | It has other formats. |
In phonetics, aspiration is the strong burst of breath that accompanies either the release or, in the case of preaspiration, the closure of some obstruents. In English, aspirated consonants are allophones in complementary distribution with their unaspirated counterparts, but in some other languages, notably most Indian... | How does one distinguish between aspirated and unaspirated sounds? | null | 129 | put a hand or a lit candle in front of one ' s mouth | put a hand or a lit candle in front of one ' s mouth |
William III (; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1672, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death. It is a coinciden... | Was he 51 years old when he died? | 30 | 45 | – 8 March 1702 | NO |
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed most commonly on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it is prepared for by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiate... | What is the season of Christmastide? | 60 | 60 | null | advent |
Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country located in Central Africa, with an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name evokes its location near both the Equator and the Gulf of Guinea. Equatorial Guinea is the only sovereign African state in which Sp... | which is bordered by? | 853 | null | Río Muni, is bordered by Cameroon | Cameroon |
Kazakhstan (, ; , "Qazaqstan", ; , "Kazakhstan"), officially the Republic of Kazakhstan (, "Qazaqstan Respwblïkası"; , "Respublika Kazakhstan"), is the world's largest landlocked country, and the ninth largest in the world, with an area of . Kazakhstan is the dominant nation of Central Asia economically, generating 60%... | What was it called then? | 1,779 | 1,811 | Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic | Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic |
(CNN) -- It's become a nightly ritual. When dusk descends, so do they -- by the hundreds, in cities coast to coast.
And the protests over police brutality after recent deaths of unarmed black men might only intensify. Organizers are calling this week a "Week of Outrage," culminating in large demonstrations planned fo... | What does he feel is the next step? | null | null | We gain numbers," Ali said, "and we take the streets, like we always do | gain numbers |
CHAPTER IV
THE LITTLE MODEL
When in the preceding autumn Bianca began her picture called "The Shadow," nobody was more surprised than Hilary that she asked him to find her a model for the figure. Not knowing the nature of the picture, nor having been for many years--perhaps never--admitted into the workings of his ... | Did the couple ever argue? | 1,212 | 1,248 | They had never really had a quarrel | no |
The longest-serving lawmaker in U.S. congressional history, a legendary Motown artist, and the matriarch of a renowned political family will be among this year's recipients of the nation's highest civilian honor, the White House announced Monday.
Rep. John Dingell, Stevie Wonder and Ethel Kennedy are three of the nin... | Who is he? | null | 1,118 | null | A former "NBC Nightly News" anchor |
(CNN) -- The names on the formal, state-government-erected memorial signs by the sides of Ohio highways are not famous to the outside world.
But once you know the story behind them, you understand completely. You look at those signs and you offer a silent word of thanks.
Usually stretches of highways around the cou... | A stretch of what was named to honor him? | 1,290 | 1,333 | a stretch of State Route 2 in Lorain County | State Route 2 |
CHAPTER IV. AT MEUDON
Later in the week he received a visit from Le Chapelier just before noon.
"I have news for you, Andre. Your godfather is at Meudon. He arrived there two days ago. Had you heard?"
"But no. How should I hear? Why is he at Meudon?" He was conscious of a faint excitement, which he could hardly h... | What about on the morrow? | 1,445 | 1,490 | s I can. I can't to-day, nor yet to-morrow. I | No |
Eurasia is a combined continental landmass of Europe and Asia. The term is a portmanteau of its constituent continents (Europe & Asia). Located primarily in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres, it is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and by Africa... | What's to its west? | 217 | 231 | Atlantic Ocean | Atlantic Ocean |
Chapter III. -- KURFURST FRIEDRICH II.
The First Friedrich's successor was a younger son, Friedrich II.; who lasted till 1471, above thirty years; and proved likewise a notable manager and governor. Very capable to assert himself, and his just rights, in this world. He was but Twenty-seven at his accession; but the B... | Did they leave a deposit? | 1,293 | 1,384 | Teutsch Ritterdom, to whose dominions it lay contiguous, had purchased it with money down. | yes |
Mesopotamia (, "[land] between rivers"; "bilād ar-rāfidayn"; ; "miyān rudān"; "Beth Nahrain" "land of rivers") was a historic region situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in modern days roughly corresponding to most of Iraq plus Kuwait, the eastern parts of Syria, Southeastern Turkey, and regions along the... | Was that in 500 AD? | 500 | 532 | to the fall of Babylon in 539 BC | no |
Brian O'Nolan (; 5 October 1911 – 1 April 1966) was an Irish novelist, playwright and satirist, considered a major figure in twentieth century Irish literature. Born in Strabane, County Tyrone, he is regarded as a key figure in postmodern literature. His English language novels, such as "At Swim-Two-Birds", and "The Th... | what did O'Nolan say proudly in class one day? | 1,185 | 1,319 | null | there were only two people in the College who could write English properlly |
The provinces and territories of Canada are the administrative divisions that are responsible for the delivery of sub-national governance within the geographical areas of Canada under the authority of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, ... | What is the main difference between a province and territory? | 1,260 | null | null | provinces receive their power and authority from the "Constitution Act, 1867" |
Nana had a bunch of money. She had saved money her whole life. But Nana was afraid of people stealing her money. She planned to hide it. First she moved it around in her house and hid it behind a wall. Then she put her money in the attic. But she still didn't feel safe about her money. She was sure someone would find i... | where did she hide it next? | 400 | null | in the ground | in the ground |
Steve took his family to the lake. There are a lot of things to do at the lake. Steve's favorite thing to do is ride in his red boat across the blue water. The boat is very loud and makes dark brown smoke. The boat can go very fast. Steve has a son named Bobby. Bobby doesn't like riding in the boat, he prefers to sit o... | What are they called? | 508 | 550 | Bobby also has a younger sister named Mary | Bobby and Mary |
Chapter XII. -- BRANDENBURG IN KAISER KARL'S TIME; END OF THE BAVARIAN KURFURSTS.
Kaiser Ludwig died in 1347, while the False Waldemar was still busy. We saw Karl IV., Johann of Bohemia's second son, come to the Kaisership thereupon, Johann's eldest Nullity being omitted. This Fourth Karl,--other three Karls are of t... | Do people still know about it? | 523 | 585 | null | yes |
CHAPTER VIII. THE TWISTED BAR
Nature asserted herself, and, despite his condition, Crispin slept. Kenneth sat huddled on his chair, and in awe and amazement he listened to his companion's regular breathing. He had not Galliard's nerves nor Galliard's indifference to death, so that neither could he follow his example,... | What person did he think of? | 1,235 | 1,263 | and ever and anon of Cynthia | Cynthia |
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its charter granted in 1837 and Supplemental Charter granted in 1971.
Originally named the Institute of British Architects... | Why was it created? | 145 | 189 | founded for the advancement of architecture | for the advancement of architecture |
CHAPTER XII
Königstein
Phineas Finn and Lady Laura Kennedy sat together discussing the affairs of the past till the servant told them that "My Lord" was in the next room, and ready to receive Mr. Finn. "You will find him much altered," said Lady Laura, "even more than I am."
"I do not find you altered at all."
... | Where was he waiting? | 142 | 280 | "My Lord" was in the next room, and ready to receive Mr. Finn. "You will find him much altered," said Lady Laura, "even more than I am." | in the next room |
(CNN)For a group of radical anti-Western militants, ISIS is pretty good at luring Westerners to its ranks.
The latest is an American teen from suburban Chicago who was allegedly on his way to join ISIS. Mohammed Hamzah Khan was stopped just before he was supposed to board a plane to Turkey, authorities said.
But he... | What was he accused of? | 398 | 450 | a New York food store owner accused of funding ISIS | funding ISIS |
(CNN) -- Young striker Mario Balotelli made a goalscoring return to Inter Milan's line-up as the Italian champions bounced back from last weekend's defeat to maintain a one-point lead in Serie A on Saturday.
The 19-year-old was welcomed back into the squad after apologizing during the week following his falling-out w... | With whom? | 303 | 345 | his falling-out with manager Jose Mourinho | Jose Mourinho. |
CHAPTER I
I SET OFF UPON MY JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWS
I will begin the story of my adventures with a certain morning early in the month of June, the year of grace 1751, when I took the key for the last time out of the door of my father's house. The sun began to shine upon the summit of the hills as I went down ... | Was it a bad area? | null | 1,108 | Essendean is a good place indeed | no |
CHAPTER XXI
HOP LUNG AND THE FISH
By the end of the first week all of the boys felt thoroughly at home on Big Horn Ranch. They had visited many points of interest, including the cowboys' bunkhouse and also the big range to the eastward, and they had likewise tramped over a number of the hills and tried their hand a... | Why did the boys call out to him? | null | 1,055 | null | Come out here a minute! |
Washington (CNN)Ted Cruz is back in his favorite place: the spotlight.
As the first candidate to quit the charade of "exploring" a presidential run and actually jumping in, the Texas Republican senator presented an image Monday of decisiveness and vision -- all before an auditorium of mostly supportive young evangeli... | is Cruz prepared to cede the Christian right? | 1,361 | 1,432 | ruz made clear he won't cede the Christian right to another candidate. | No |
CHAPTER XXI
HOP LUNG AND THE FISH
By the end of the first week all of the boys felt thoroughly at home on Big Horn Ranch. They had visited many points of interest, including the cowboys' bunkhouse and also the big range to the eastward, and they had likewise tramped over a number of the hills and tried their hand a... | What was his name? | 1,008 | null | "Hop Lung! Hop Lung! Come out here a minute! | Hop Lung |
CHAPTER LVII.
THE LOVES AND HOPES OF ALBERT FITZALLEN.
Felix Graham, when he left poor Mary Snow, did not go on immediately to the doctor's shop. He had made up his mind that Mary Snow should never be his wife, and therefore considered it wise to lose no time in making such arrangements as might be necessary both f... | When does he go back? | 893 | 905 | in two days | in two days |
CHAPTER X.
GOOD ADVICE.
Phonny was confined nearly a week with his wound. They moved the sofa on which he was lying up into a corner of the room, near Mrs. Henry's window, and there Stuyvesant and Malleville brought various things to him to amuse him.
He was very patient and good-natured during his confinement to... | What would Wallace be afraid of if a boy of twelve were to be as sage and demure as a man? | 460 | null | that he was already sick , or that he would make himself sick | that he was already sick , or that he would make himself sick |
Mammals include the largest animals on the planet, the rorquals and other large whales, as well as some of the most intelligent, such as elephants, primates, including humans, and cetaceans. The basic body type is a four-legged land-borne animal, but some mammals are adapted for life at sea, in the air, in trees, or on... | and in Latin? | 663 | null | Latin mamma | mamma |
Anna really likes school. She does well in school and gets good grades. Anna's favorite class time activities are reading, math, and writing. She also enjoys playing with her friends at recess. Anna has a lot of friends in her class. Anna's favorite books to read are mysteries. She has read several Nancy Drew books whi... | How do you know? | 26 | 71 | She does well in school and gets good grades. | because she does well in school |
DALLAS, Texas (CNN) -- Texas terrorism suspect Hosam Smadi recorded a seven-minute video message for al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden before his arrest on charges of plotting to blow up a Dallas building, an FBI agent testified Monday.
Hosam Maher Husein Smadi said through his lawyer that he understood the charges... | Is he a terrorist suspect? | 764 | 882 | is charged with plotting to set off a bomb at the base of the 60-story Fountain Plaza office tower in downtown Dallas. | yes |
Beijing (CNN) -- Anyone interested in world affairs, Chinese diplomacy and China's future should know more about Xi Jinping.
Xi (pronounced "shee"), China's vice president, will be visiting the United States this month for meetings at the White House in Washington and will travel to other cities.
"The visit is impo... | where is that? | 255 | null | null | Washington |
Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering and science that includes mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, and others. Robotics deals with the design, construction, operation, and use of robots, as well as computer systems for their control, sensory feedback, and information proc... | What are the main disciplines involved in robotics? | 22 | 29 | mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , computer science | mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , computer science |
Nitrogen is a chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7. It was first discovered and isolated by Scottish physician Daniel Rutherford in 1772. Although Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Henry Cavendish had independently done so at about the same time, Rutherford is generally accorded the credit because his work was pub... | How many other elements come before nitrogen in abundance in the hyman body? | 1,664 | 1,672 | fourth | Three |
A vernacular or vernacular language is the native language or native dialect (usually colloquial or informal) of a specific population, especially as distinguished from a literary, national or standard variety of the language, or a lingua franca (also called a vehicular language) used in the region or state inhabited b... | How did the term "vernacular" enter the English language? | null | null | from the latin " vernaculus " | from the latin " vernaculus " |
CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED.
Whether or not Okematan was as thorough a rascal as Fergus McKay thought him will be best shown by harking back, and setting down a little of what was said by some of the Cree braves at the time that Fergus and Dan were eavesdropping.
Standing in a dignified a... | What was he trying to teach? | 1,591 | 1,736 | He comes across the great salt lake from the rising sun, with the air and aspect of an owl, thinking to teach us--the great Cree nation--wisdom!" | wisdom! |
(CNN) -- The 5-year-old son of country music singer Mindy McCready has been recovered and is in good health in the custody of officials in Arkansas, a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Children and Families told CNN Friday.
"We're working with local law enforcement and the Arkansas (Division of Children and F... | who did they tell this too ? | 220 | null | CNN | CNN |
(CNN) -- The Internet was made for moments like these.
Clint Eastwood and his empty chair didn't so much detract from Mitt Romney's big moment at the last night of the Republican National Convention, as much as they became breakout stars in their own right. Romney and Marco Rubio still had their moments. Clint retain... | What was the name of the celebration GOPround gave? | 1,606 | 1,674 | The LGBT group GOProud threw a Tuesday night party called "Homocon," | It was Homocon |
The aspect ratio of an image describes the proportional relationship between its width and its height. It is commonly expressed as two numbers separated by a colon, as in "16:9". For an "x":"y" aspect ratio, no matter how big or small the image is, if the width is divided into "x" units of equal length and the height i... | does x stand for height? | null | 303 | the width is divided into "x" units of equal length | no |
That median is the value separating the higher half of a data sample, a population, or a probability distribution, from the lower half. For a data set, it may be thought of as the "middle" value. For example, in the data set {1, 3, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9}, the median is 6, the fourth largest, and also the fourth smallest, numbe... | In robust statistics, the median has a breakdown point of what? | 1,125 | 1,218 | in robust statistics, as it is the most resistant statistic, having a breakdown point of 50%: | 50%: |
The House of Habsburg, also called House of Austria, was one of the most influential and outstanding royal houses of Europe. The throne of the Holy Roman Empire was continuously occupied by the Habsburgs between 1438 and 1740. The house also produced emperors and kings of the Kingdom of Bohemia, Kingdom of England ("Ju... | What year did the Habsburgs cease to rule Austria? | 338 | 338 | 1918 | 1918 |
(CNN) -- For their extraordinary efforts to help change the world and better the lives of others, 10 everyday people will receive $50,000 and a chance for much more.
This select group -- the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2012 -- was revealed Thursday.
All the top 10 were nominated by CNN's global audience and profiled earli... | When was the group announced? | 168 | 245 | This select group -- the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2012 -- was revealed Thursday. | Thursday |
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